10 there is only one planet not named after an ancient god or goddess. can you name it? well, lets figure…

10 there is only one planet not named after an ancient god or goddess. can you name it? well, lets figure out the answer by going through the planets, one by one. the planet closest to the sun is mercury because it was the fastest to move around the sun, the romans named it after their messenger god, mercury the romans named the second planet, venus, after their goddess of love. the romans named our other neighbor, mars, after their god of war because of its red, bloodlike color since jupiter is the largest planet, the romans named this planet after their most important god, jupiter. saturn and uranus were named after the father and grandfather of the god jupiter neptune was named after the roman god of the sea. so... have you figured out the only planet not to be named after a roman or greek god or goddess? the answer is earth, of course! the authors primary purpose for writing the above paragraph was most likely... a to entertain the reader with a story about how the planets were named b to inform the reader how the planets were named c to entertain the reader with stories about ancient gods and goddesses d to inform the reader how earth got its name

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